Mo’ Wax was a record label started by James Lavelle in 1992, which closed about ten years later. Initially they released 12" singles and licensed a compilation from Japan of Japanese Hip Hop, until 1994 when they began releasing albums of their artists original work. While some of these artists…

Although they only released some 15 jazz albums, Transition also had several albums announced which never saw release. In our article Jazz In Transition we touched on the Transition discography, and mentioned several of those left unreleased, but here we wanted to compile our research and present a complete discography…

Only five people are said to speak Jingulu, the language spoken by Jingili Indigenous Australians who live in the Northern Territory. Australia is full of indigenous languages, and in 2019 it was estimated that of the 120 languages still spoken by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, at least 90%…

Mo’ Wax was a record label started by James Lavelle in 1992, which closed about ten years later. Initially they released 12" singles and licensed a compilation from Japan of Japanese Hip Hop, until 1994 when they began releasing albums of their artists original work. While some of these artists…

Tony Lawrence is best known as the host of the Harlem Cultural Festival, as seen in the documentary film Summer of Soul. But he was also a singer during the later 50s and 60s. Unfortunately, not all of his music is available online, with only 5/19 of his known songs…

Before trip hop took off, Pressure Drop found fame in Germany thanks to Marlboro Music, as they promoted the sound of the London Underground. Dave Henley and Justin Langlands met when mutual friend DJ Paul Guntrip introduced them in 1986 and asked if they’d join him DJing at Wag Club…

Mo’ Wax was a record label started by James Lavelle in 1992, which closed about ten years later. Initially they released 12" singles and licensed a compilation from Japan of Japanese Hip Hop, until 1994 when they began releasing albums of their artists original work. While some of these artists…

Back in 1979 in Paris, Jean “Karakos” Georgekarakos started Celluloid Records with Jean-François Bizot and Gilbert Castro. The label initially released reggae, new wave, and world music, before they discovered hip hop. Karakos was living in New York, trying to get record stores to stock Celluloid’s releases, and was spending…

Best known for his comedy, Richard Pryor performed a moving blues standard on TV in the 1960s. — While these days Richard Pryor is known for his many outrageous comedy antics, he was a lot less controversial in the early 1960s and often appeared on TV variety shows. During 1966 Richard worked as a writer and regular performer on The Kraft Summer Music Hall, a music and comedy…